My view of Chamberlain was that he genuinely thought Britain, France and Czechsolavakia could not have defeated Germany in 1938. He knew Hitler would not stop there but he still did his best to buy a… (View Post)

Or you've left it at home. I used to be a fan of road pricing as a much better way of accommodating the externalities of driving: you create much more congestion driving 5 miles of urban road at… (View Post)

Yes, it was due today. Not sure about time but I'd imagine they'd schedule it for the tea time news in America. (View Post)

Talk of Dickie Bird has reminded me of the valediction to his career as described in Simon Armitage’s ‘All Points North’: “Five days ago he fought his way through the upstanding members of the MCC an… (View Post)

Yes, the stupid part was saying it would only apply to black men. (View Post)